... hi weirditch and welcome. sorry you have rsd. even though rsd can go into remission it can still come back again. the symptoms you are describing sound like rsdsymptoms. you don't need to have all the symptom of rsd or have the symptoms be in the same spot for it to be rsd again. ... (1 replies)

... I have had outpatient Ketamine infusions, starting with the 10 day infusion. They have been amazing. I got boosters this past thursday and friday, I have no rsd pain whatsoever. The last infusion I got 2 weeks with absolutelly no RSD pain. ... (4 replies)

... FYI - You can't go to Germany for the ketamine coma - it has been closed down for quite some time. But Mexico remains open and I have heard that the doc there does a terrific job.
Good luck, Sandy (48 replies)

... post another thread asking for a good RSD Dr. in your area....there are good people on here that will help you find one. I would go outside this Dr. that dx'd you. get a second opinion... ... (48 replies)

... the one huge thing you really need to understand here, and i really cannot fathom where this rheumy came up with this, is RSDsymptoms are pretty distinctive in how they present. the one thing he is telling you IS NOT an actual true 'symptom' of even having RSD. ... (35 replies)

... treatment has failed." Two doctors with a lot of articles published are Katz and Hungerford. I personally had an office procedure to remove a melanoma from my RSD leg and it caused the RSD pain to increase 10 fold and spread. ... (7 replies)

... Dear jessemom,
I thought I read about it here, but I'll have to go back thru everything to see from whom I heard the term. I envisioned coughing up a hair ball like my cat (LOL). If you're interested, I'll get back to you with what I've found. I've been so ill lately that I literally almost died because I had a raging infection that had spread thru my entire body. I... (2 replies)

... u also have to consider that you may have simply done something to that other area and that is where the pain can be also coming from. do you have any other real RSDsymptoms in that hand besides just the pain? ... (9 replies)

... goes. Right now my both thumbs have it. As for hair.........from the neck down I lost it ALL! As the RSD spread so did the hair. My daughter who is hairy said thats the only symptom she liked! ... (6 replies)